We are going to Dallas area to visit sister-in-law plus see eclipse. 50/50 chance for cloud coverage, so we are crossing our fingers. This will be my third full eclipse after Oregon in 2017 and Europe in the late 90’s.
We got a lot of rain over the last few days, but last Thursday was the craziest. Like Mark’s OP, we got a crazy amount of rain in just 45 minutes. The bottom of the canyon below our house was reconfigured by a flashflood. We had a 20 ft wide rampaging river running in what is normally a 6 ft...
My brother did that with all of our family 35 mm slides that my dad took through the years. He scanned over 11000 photos in about 5 months, also with a quality Epson slide scanner. The rest of the family was most appreciative.
Another one here who feels fortunate not to have caught it yet (as far as I know), despite two close calls in the last few months.
In May my son brought it home from school, eventually infecting both my wife and daughter. We were a COVID household for almost three weeks, but I managed to...